Industrial Revolution Visual Essay Redux

Industrial Revolution Visual Essay Redux

Grading: content 70 points
Overview of the orings and results of the Industrial Revolution in America 30 points
Use of 15 vocab words in correct context 20 points
Two areas of emphasis 20 points

Presentation 30 points
Regular presenting conentions: eye contact, engaging the audience, clear voice, evidence
of rehearsal and a working, conversational presentation of the information without reading
your work to the audience

Your presentation should invlude: AN overview of America's Industrial Revolution, the orgins and results of the Revolution, and an emphasis on two areas from the list below:

factory system, immigration, urbanization, labor laws, unions/strikes, working conditions, inventions, capitalist success stories, rise of the middle class, rise in standard of living, environmental pollution, government support of business.

List of notable capitalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist). This Wikipedia page has an enormous list of notable business owners of the 19th century.

Vocab words:

lSocial class, antebellum, capitalism, market economy, market specialization, judicial federalism, tariff, state’s rights, Jacksonian democracy, commerce, transportation corridor, depression
lboycott
lboom
lbust
lcapital
lhuman resource
ldivision of labor
lconsumer good
lstock market
lunemployment